The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-11
EXPOSITION NOTES.
The Great Attractions to be Seen
at the Coming Piedmont Fair.
A CHANCE TO SEE THE WONDERFUL


borhood. L
Now you have the chance Of your life to take
trip and see a world of sights at least cost and
in least time. 1t is to go to the Piedmont exI
position, which opens in Atlanta October 10E
closing October %. What will you see there y
l. An exposition covering eight acres OF
solid exhibits Of every article from a candy
stick to a steam engine-the latest wonders of
science in every department. A day in theses
buildings is a liberal education.
q A building devoted to cattle, 600 feet bYe
100; abuilding devoted to poultry, 200 by 200n
800 stables for horses; swine, goats, sheepE
etc, in abundance. 4
3. The collective county exhibits of dozeni
counties, showing the resources of each county,
in agricultural and industrial products, ladiesf
handiwork, live stock and everything raised inl
the county.
4. The richest epitome of the south's riche4
ever shown in collective exhibits from the citi1
les of Birmingham, Admission, Decatur, Tusoag
loosa, Gadsden, Rome and Talapoosa. Tho
Richmond and Danville railroad, the lTariottaF
and North Georgia railroad, the East Tennes3
see road and the Florida Southern road. EacIY
Of these collective exhibits will cost thousand&
OF dollars, and you will see the grandest show
of southern riches over made.
3. An art gallery with 400 pictures from th8
best living artists, and thirty paintings from
Mr.. George /. Seney's gallery, which ranks
with Vanderbilts. One of these pictures cost
$4,000 (forty Thousand dollars,) and the thir.
ty cost over quarter of million dollars.
g. President Cleveland and his wfePresi-
dent Cleveland will make speech one day
watch the sham battle and review the troops
next day, and he and his wife will be ready I'd
shake hands with you all the time. Done
miss or let your children miss seeing the rsb
democratic president ever south and his beaus.
tiful and clever wife. They will always red
member having shaken hands with these
great people.
z. A magnificent sham battle covering ~
acres with four batteries of artillery, ten CONS
panies of cavalry and 5000 infantry, The
president and his wife will watch the BATTLE
which lasts two hours, and he will then review
the troops and hold public reception.
8. A torchlght procession with 10000 young
democrats in line, tho city illuminated, and
tho very skies lit with the splendor OF tho
scene. This viii DO the sight of life-time.
0. The grandest frework displays ever given
in America. One feature win be living walt
OF fire l40 feet long, 40 feet high roaring and
sparkling like Neagara. These displays will
last two hours. You have never dreamed Of
anything so gorgeous. Tho pictures of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland will DO shown in fro
in mid air, surrounded by thousands of rock
cts.
10. The illumination of Kennesaw n1ounR
tain. The whole mountain stands out like q |
picture in red light cannon boom ON its side,
and 5000 rockets are fred by electric match
from its center Pictures of General johnson
and General Sherman will be displayed in fire
against the skies. Such q spectacle as thisl
illuminated mountain has never boon seen. .
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horses running. Balloon ascensions in which
you can go 900 feet up in a balloon and be
landed back safely
IL. Horse races every day, bringing horses
from all sections of the country.
-. Governor Fitzhugh Lee, OF VirginiaS
Governor Richardson, of South Carolina; Cow
ernor Bob Taylor, of Tennessee Governor
Seay, of Alabama; Governor Perry Of Flori4
da; Governor Gordon, of Georgia; each with
his military staff of forty mounted men.
II. The city Of Atlanta, the best city in the
south, full of sights of special and historic inn
terest.
16. A vast number OF amusementsa and sights
Which We cannot enumerate. Everything
from the ofd fashioned circus to q flying jennyl
A solid two weeks OF instruction and aause4
ment.
Now ali this win give you enough sights I'd
yourself and children and will show You morel
in three Or four days than you could get bT
travelling four or five months. Now, what
docs it cost?
First the railroad faro is lower than ever
before. From no point it is more than one-
third the regular rate. 1t is ono cent miles
each way, and from some points even less than
that. If your railroad station IL hundred and
fifty miles from Atlanta the fare cannot boz
more than three dollars for the round trip, andl
may be less.
2. 1T costs you only fifty cents to see every4
thing on tho exposition grounds-twentyf vel
cents for children. This includes seeing theI
fireworks, the balloon ascensons, the shaml
battle, hearing the president speak, shaking
hands with him, the races, and everything oIl
the grounds. You can stay on the grounds all
day long, II you want to, even until 10I
O'Clock at night, when the fire works will bel
closed 1t costs you only fifty cents for theI
day and night, and your children twenty-liYeI
cents.
g. There will DO sandwich stands and reg
taurants all over the grounds. At no place
can you be charged moro than fifty cents n
meal while sandwiches with milk aud coffee
csn be had from ten to twenty-five cents. You
can get breakfast, dinner and supper on the
grounds, and in no cases be charged more than
fifty cents meal. II you bring your own pro-
visions you viii find plenty Of places in which
TO spread them out picnic fashion, and eat
without any cost. There are public buildings
for public comforts free to everybody.
4. The exposition has engaged large NUM-
Der Of rooms in tho city in which five or six
or seven cots are placed. The charge for q
nights bed at these places will not exceed fifty
cents night. By making up party Of six
or eight you can take all the cots in a room at
fifty cents a piece, aud each cot will take a
grown person and child.
D. The exposition committee has canyassed
the city thoroughly and has list OF boarding
houses, and private houses, whero strangers
can DO accommodated, with the price at each
house. These prices are low except at tho
most expensive hotels, where they run up To-
from three to five dollars day for each person.
g. Ifyisitors desire to camp out, they will
find a number Of places where they can be pros
tected without any charge.
In short 1t has been the aim of the committee
to make this q cheap exposition, so that allthe
people could come. They have guarded every
where against extortion. They have got tho
railroads down TO the lowest point ever known.
A good meal for fifty cents, including six or